This is the eighth Iron Bowl with both teams in the top 10

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Saturday will be 8th Iron Bowl when both Auburn & Alabama are AP top-10 teams. AU holds a 4-3 lead in previous 7.
'63 #9 AU 10, #6 ALA 8
'71 #3 ALA 31, #5 AU 7
'72 #9 AU 17, #2 ALA 16
'74 #2 ALA 17, #7 AU 13
'94 #4 ALA 21, #6 AU 14
'10 #2 AU 28, #9 ALA 27
'13 #4 AU 34, #1 ALA 28

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